as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
he took a month's supplies and headed out to the backcountry
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Recent Examples of backcountry
Below is the gear that Ramsay uses to keep safe and make the most of his time spent in the backcountry in the winter months.
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Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
To access a plethora of mountainous backcountry trails, go east.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025
The larger lakes can be busy with motorboat traffic, but the smaller interior lakes are linked by a series of marked canoe trails and backcountry campsites.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Solo backcountry travelers were said to account for six of the 33 avalanche deaths recorded in Colorado between Oct. 1, 2020, and Jan. 7, 2025, and at least one solo traveler has died in each of the past five avalanche seasons.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
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Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
To access a plethora of mountainous backcountry trails, go east.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2025
The larger lakes can be busy with motorboat traffic, but the smaller interior lakes are linked by a series of marked canoe trails and backcountry campsites.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2025
Solo backcountry travelers were said to account for six of the 33 avalanche deaths recorded in Colorado between Oct. 1, 2020, and Jan. 7, 2025, and at least one solo traveler has died in each of the past five avalanche seasons.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backcountry
Noun
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When small family dairy farms were numerous and dotted the countryside, and kids would play summer baseball without adults coaching.—
Tom Redman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Hudson Valley, located along the Hudson River north of New York City, offers bucolic countryside living just outside the Big Apple.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2025
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All these factors will influence how the commercial frontier will play into what might be the next big conflict: Taiwan.—
Matt Kaplan,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2025
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Hezbollah must pull its forces north of Lebanon’s Litani River – a frontier beyond which the militant group was not supposed to have advanced under a 2006 United Nations Security Council resolution.—
Mick Krever,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Authorities say one issue is smoldering hot spots that can burn into the root systems of trees and bushes causing fires to linger.—
Anissa Reyes,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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The flames spread to a tractor-trailer and some surrounding bushes, according to authorities.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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With just a hundred or so residents in an area bigger than the Netherlands, this piece of the Australian outback is something precious in a world swamped by wireless signals: an island of unusual calm, a clear window onto the cosmos.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Nov. 2017
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True to its name, this extraordinary conflict saw armed soldiers pitted against emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae), large flightless birds native to the Australian outback.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Comments The Voice has proved to be a massively successful format worldwide, allowing eager singers from dozens of countries to show off their vocal abilities.—
Alamin Yohannes,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Reports from Canadian news outlets warn of a potential recession in the northern country if Trump’s 25% tariff on Canadian exports sustains, along with the retaliatory tariffs Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced would go into effect on Feb 4.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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Chaotic warrens in rundown backwaters, such as the desolate apartment complex where Beibei’s grandmother used to live, suggest neglect that’s far from benign.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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Why are the Ukrainians risking lives and resources on a comparatively meaningless action in a sector that’s a relative backwater, when critical Ukrainian strongpoints in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast are under relentless Russian assault?—
David Axe,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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The Premier League will always be the priority, yet Emery views this competition as his managerial hinterland.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Backcountry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backcountry. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.
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